The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 2011
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1099
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.97° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.30° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.